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W. B. -VAN 'AMRING'E- TICKET HULDBR.

No. 287.486. Patented 0013.130',y 1883.

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AVVILIIIAM B. VAN AMRINGE, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

TICKET-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 287,486, dated October 30, 1833.

l Application filed March 12. 1883. (No model.)

T all whom t may concern."

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. VAN AM- RINGE, of Providence city and county, State of Rhode Island, have invented certain Improvemenis in Ticket-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to tli'at class of ticketholders intended to be secured adjacent to the seats of passengers in a car, so as to retain and display the tickets, and avoid the necessity of frequently procuring and exhibiting the same; and my invention consists in constructing the holder, as fully described hereinafter, so as to securely retain, clearly display the ticket, `facilitate the detachment of the coupon, and also inform the passengers as to their distance from r:their destination.

In the drawings, 'Figure l is a face view of my improved ticket-holder with a ticket therein. Fig. 2 is a vertical section, and Fig. 3 is a top end view.

The holder consists, essentially, of `a thin flexible plate, A, turned out at one or-both ends to form curved anges c, provided with an ear, b, upon each side, which is perforated or slotted for the passage of a screw, by which the plate may be secured to a panel back of a car-seat or any other prominent place. Preferably a second and longer plate, B, conforming, except in length, to the plate A, and fastened at each end to the panel, is combined therewith, as shown. f rIhe plate may be as wide or wider than the car-ticket of the greatest width likely to be exhibited, so that the sides of the ticket will not extend beyond the sides of the case, while the ticket can havel free passage between theplate and its backing, and be drawn upward or downward regardless of its length and without contact with the securing-screws.

Thus arranged the ticket indicates the fact 40 that the adjacent seat is secured, holds it at all times in a position accessible to the conductor, who can at any time readilydetach a coup on by tearing it off against the edge, which acts as a cutting-edge. curely held by slipping them beneath the ends of the plate, as shown.

The plate A can be embossed, printed, or otherwise marked with the names of various stations upon a route, and with their distances from the main station, and when a car is switched onto another route the plate may be readily detached, either by moving the screws, or, if the ears b are slotted, by simply loosening the screws and slipping the plate from its place.

I claim- 1. A holder for car-tickets, consisting of a plate, A, having outwardly-curved flanges a, and provided with ears b, projecting beyond the side eyes, and perforated or slotted, and adapted for attachment, through said ears, to a supporting seat or panel, as specified.

2. The combination, with the plate A, having flanges a and perforated side ears, of the under plate, B, substantially as set forth.

3. The plate A, provided with perforated side ears, having curved flanges c at the top and bottom, and marked to indicate the stations of a railway, as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM B. vAN AMnINcI-I.`

' Writnesses: A WALTER B. MANN, IRvING M. SMITH.

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